To participate in the competition, you must be current Toronto Dance Salsa students in level 3 or up and/or helpers enrolled or helping in the current semester. The list of rules and qualification is listed on the "salsa competition" page on the website.

I won't be able to tell you when it will be held this year, Sharon will have a better idea. But I can tell you the rules stayed pretty much the same for the last 2 years. Feel free to read the list and get an idea what's the rules and qualification is like for the TDS competition.

Hope you will be one for the contestants in the upcoming competition It will be a great experience!

The time has come to battle it out on the dance floor for the champion title at our third annual Toronto Dance Salsa Amateur Competition. Last year we had some amazing couples compete for some serious loot and the results were fantastic!

If you are a level 3 and up current student or helper who has not been paid to teach your own salsa class or perform, then you qualify! Don't get discouraged that you are still in the learning phase - everyone else will be in that phase also and remember that a competition will increase your confidence, showmanship and skills tenfold.

The preliminaries are freestyle which means you do not have to choreograph the performance as you won't know the song you are performing to although you can practice together, decide on how you will enter and exit, and what dips and tricks you will add to the dance, etc. To assist you Evan Carmichael has offered a free private lesson to each couple who enters the competition to assist them in preparation! Five couples will move on to the finals where the finalists will choreograph a 2.5 minute routine to their song choice.

We are also looking for companies who would like to sponsor the event. Gift certificates, dance shoes, music, travel vouchers, congress passes, lessons, cash prizes, restaurant certificates and much more are needed - please let us know if you can sponsor a prize or collect prizes.

So ... the competition is ON ... if you are interested, start looking for dance partner ... never have to much time to prepare/practice. Sign up early and take advantage of the free private lesson from Evan.

Sharon, are there any firm dates yet?
Any tentative dates?
I know a couple of people would like to participate, but are held back by potential scheduling conflicts with pending business..._________________Music is my religion, salsa is my confession

Manny & I have officially submitted our names for the competition! We've been riding on a performance high from being in the TDS performance group. We're taking one for the team! (Unless James and Phoebe enter as a couple...then we're in trouble....LOL!!!!!! Stella & Mark will know what I'm talking about.)

Yeah I heard you and Manny entered for the competition this year. Manny broke the news last night at Caryl's class. We are so excited for you both. I can't wait to see you both compete on stage! You will do great!!

Hmmmm ... should I persuade James and Phoebe to enter???? and yes ...I know what you are talking about LOL!

Wow I am so excited that the 9th couple has just registered for the competition! This is going to be a fun, exciting year and I can't wait to see what the competitors have in store. We will accept one more couple so if you are interested let me know soon.

Keep Sunday April 26th at 7pm open for the preliminaries and Sunday May 31st open for the finals. If there is anyone that can donate prizes for the competition let us know!_________________Sharon
Toronto Dance Salsa
http://www.torontodancesalsa.ca
Toronto Salsa Lessons / Toronto Salsa Classes

Thank you to all the prizes that have been donated so far for the competition. We are still looking for some small prizes for our competitors. If you work in a restaurant or retail outlet and can provide some small gift certificates it would be great.

Ok Gang..Less than a week to go till the opening night of the TDS 2009 Salsa Competition. Good luck to all the participants!!!!

To all the people going...these performers on stage need our fullest support..We need to bring our loudest cheers and hardest clapssss. Take lots of pictures and don't forget to aproach anyone in the competition and let them know that they were great on stage.